Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
श्रीभगवानुवाच । एवं भविष्यति प्रोक्तं संजातं चाधुना शुभे । अहं यास्यामि कैलासं त्वं तिष्ठात्र यथोदिता
śrībhagavānuvāca | evaṃ bhaviṣyati proktaṃ saṃjātaṃ cādhunā śubhe | ahaṃ yāsyāmi kailāsaṃ tvaṃ tiṣṭhātra yathoditā
ശ്രീഭഗവാൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ശുഭേ, നീ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നേ സംഭവിക്കും; അത് ഇപ്പോഴേ സംഭവിച്ചുമിരിക്കുന്നു. ഞാൻ കൈലാസത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു; ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ നീ ഇവിടെ തന്നെ നിലകൊള്ളുക।
Śiva (Śrībhagavān, indicated by ‘Kailāsa’ departure and ‘Hara’ in the next verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: An addressed ‘śubhe’ (auspicious female figure; identity not explicit in excerpt)
Scene: Śiva speaks with calm authority, granting the spoken outcome and announcing departure to Kailāsa; the addressed ‘auspicious one’ remains stationed, indicating a transition from dialogue to sacred permanence.
FAQs
Divine speech is portrayed as immediately efficacious—boons manifest by the Lord’s will, reinforcing faith in Śiva’s grace.
Kailāsa is explicitly mentioned as Śiva’s abode; the local tīrtha context continues implicitly within the chapter.
None; it is the confirmation of boons and an instruction to remain at the place.